Introduction The AI South Africa Job Market is shifting rapidly. A young South African sends out application after application, hoping for one opportunity to enter the working world. What they may not realise is that some entry‑level jobs are no longer being advertised. The work still exists, but artificial intelligence is enabling fewer employees to
Introduction Medical Aid Members 2026 Prices highlight a growing crisis: South African families are paying thousands of rand each month for medical aid, yet the framework determining minimum healthcare benefits has not been substantially updated since 2003. After 23 years of rising costs and stagnant benefits, the Council for Medical Schemes (CMS) is finally preparing
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Introduction The Springboks vs All Blacks Ellis Park Test Match may dominate sports headlines, but in telecoms, another battle is unfolding: airtime vs data. Buying airtime in South Africa no longer means what it once did. Increasingly, airtime is converted into data, spent on WhatsApp, and stretched as household budgets tighten. South Africa Is Becoming
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A viral Facebook and Instagram privacy notice claims Meta can use your photos and personal information unless you share the warning. The message is false, but the privacy concerns behind it are real. If you have opened Facebook or Instagram recently, you have probably seen it. A friend posts a stern-looking declaration refusing Meta permission
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The Comrades Marathon has survived brutal climbs, extreme weather, global conflict and a pandemic. Now, as it prepares for its historic 100th running in 2027, South Africa’s most famous ultramarathon faces a very different challenge: a battle over who has the authority to govern it. Athletics South Africa has formally distanced itself from the 2027
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Can AI Read Your X-Ray? Dr Mario Haines Explains How AI Is Changing Medical Imaging Artificial intelligence can already analyse X-rays, flag possible abnormalities and help urgent cases reach radiologists faster. But can patients trust AI with something as important as a medical diagnosis? You have an X-ray taken and are told to wait for
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South Africa’s unemployment rate has risen to 33.6% as weaker investment, stalled economic reforms, and uncertainty over Eskom’s restructuring threaten job creation. A reform delayed in a government office may sound distant from everyday life. But eventually, that delay becomes a factory that is never built, a small business that cannot expand, or another job
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South Africa’s Water Crisis: Why Taps Are Running Dry Broken pipes, ageing infrastructure, water losses and struggling municipalities are leaving South African families without reliable access to water. As calls grow for the crisis to be declared a national disaster, residents are asking a simple question: how much longer must they live from bucket to
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Afghanistan’s Children Are Starving While the World Looks Away Across Afghanistan, parents are carrying dangerously underweight children to health centres in search of therapeutic food, medicine and urgent medical care. Increasingly, they are finding closed doors, empty shelves or healthcare workers with too little assistance for too many families. In remote communities, there may be
In South Africa, being counted as employed does not always mean earning enough to survive. For a growing number of workers, employment means a few shifts a week, unpredictable hours and an income that changes from one month to the next. Their working hours may be reduced, but their rent, transport, electricity and grocery bills
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